Signifficant results

Copper ecological risk assessment using DGT technique and PNEC: A case study in the Brazilian coast15. 2. 2022

Water bodies near shipyard areas are vulnerable to metals stress from antifouling paints (e.g., Cu). Thus, to improve routine monitoring programmes, was effectively evaluated a comprehensive...

Regulation of NADPH oxidases is conserved between plants and animals15. 2. 2022

In collaboration with USA, Japan, and Finland we carried out a detailed structural analysis of critical plant and animal enzymes –  NADPH oxidases. We discovered far greater...

Dynamics of subcellular tRNA trafficking in parasitic protist Trypanosoma brucei is guided by tRNA modifications and has a key role in proteosynthesis9. 2. 2022

We elucidated the formation and function of...

Carbon sequestration related to soil physical and chemical properties in the high Arctic.1. 1. 1970

Arctic soils are essential sinks of soil organic carbon (SOC). Its content positively correlates with dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen, which suggests that these forms of nutrients...

Hunting the eagle killer: A cyanobacterial neurotoxin causes vacuolar myelinopathy3. 2. 2022

International team contributed to elucidation of mysterious bald eagle deaths (USA), confirming that the birds have been killed...

Genetic tool development in marine protists: Emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology14. 1. 2021

Our consortium of 53 laboratories aimed to develop genetic tools in a range of marine protists. As a result, we can now genetically manipulate 22 species, which provide a springboard for...

Complex evolution of insect insulin receptors and homologous decoy receptors, and functional significance of their multiplicity14. 1. 2021

We thoroughly described evolution of insect insulin receptors (IRs), which can be classified in two gene clusters (Cluster I & II) arising from an old gene duplication in an ancestor of...

Phenology responses of temperate butterflies to latitude depend on ecological traits14. 1. 2021

We studied changes of butterfly flight periods towards latitude. We analyzed 105 European and American species using more than 250,000 distribution records. There is no simple relationship...

Molecular mechanisms driving cellular differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei14. 1. 2021

The research articles describe changes in mitochondrial metabolism and mitochondrial gene expression that underline cellular differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei, and resemble remodeling during...

Stable isotope evidence from archived fish scales indicates carbon cycle changes over a four-decade history of the Římov Reservoir (Czechia)14. 1. 2021

The potential of archived fish scales to provide environmental records was investigated. A four-decade dataset of fish-scale stable isotopes from a dam lake was utilised. Fish-scale...

Release of greenhouse gases from millipedes as related to food, body size, and other factors14. 1. 2021

The release of greenhouse gases from millipede digestive tracts is important in relation to climate change and for indication of microbial processes during the transformation of organic matter...

Microbial responses to selected pharmaceuticals in agricultural soils: Microcosm study on the roles of soil, treatment and time14. 1. 2021

The effects of pharmaceuticals and their mixture on microorganisms were studied in 7 soil types. Using basal respiration and phospholipid fatty acids, we found stimulating effect of...

Marine waste management: recycling efficiency by marine microbes14. 1. 2021

It was only relatively recently that tiny, single-celled thaumarchaea were discovered to exist and thrive in the pelagic ocean, where their population of roughly 10^28 (10 billion quintillion)...

Recovery of fen peatland microbiomes and predicted functional profiles after rewetting14. 1. 2021

Many peatlands have been affected by drainage and organic matter loss. Rewetting is used  to restore peatland.. To evaluate its effect  we investigated peatland across  Europe....

Projecting the effects of climate change on fish populations15. 6. 2018

Climate change is one of the biggest threats for biodiversity nowadays, affecting many aspects of species life, range of suitable areas of occurrence and ecological interactions. Despite of the...

In fall, the reservoir releases a large amount of methane bubbles13. 12. 2017

Researchers of the Institute of Hydrobiology and SoWa Research Infrastructure are engaged in studying the release of greenhouse gases, especially methane, from reservoirs. The results of their...

Diverse Insect Communities Shape Host-Plant Defenses16. 11. 2017

Researchers from Institute of Entomology and their colleagues collaborate on interdisciplinary projects focusing on eco-evolutionary dynamics driving formation of plant defenses and insect...

Not all fungi are the same...10. 10. 2016

...Even if they look like.

Why 'sexual mind control' is rare in nature10. 2. 2014

 The work published in Journal of Theoretical Biology provides an explanation.

Nature is replete with parasites that manipulate their hosts so as to enhance their own...

Parasitic chromosomes of plants13. 1. 2014

Beyond “the normal” set of chromosomes plants posses an additional chromosomes, so-called B-chromosomes. These are parasitic bits of genetic material that are still inherited by next generation...

Grazing as a management tool of permanent grasslands in protected landscape areas20. 10. 2013

 Karel Tajovský, Václav Pižl, Josef Starý, Jiří Schlaghamerský, Petr Kment, Igor Malenovský, Květoslav Resl,...

Diversity of soil microbial community in process of primary succession on post-brown-coal-mining sites20. 10. 2013

 Dana Elhottová, Stanislav Malý, Václav Krištůfek, Alica Chroňáková, Jan Frouz, Jiří Kalčík

Emissions of nitrous oxide and methane from pasture soils20. 10. 2013

 Miloslav Šimek, Petr Brůček, Jiří Čuhel, Dana Elhottová, Jaroslav Hynšt, Alica Chroňáková, Václav Krištůfek,...

Examining the antiviral activity of tenofovir against Cauliflower mosaic virus and its metabolism in Brassica pekinensis plants3. 9. 2013

Antiviral effect of tenofovir - antivirotic developed by prof. A. Holý - onto model plant DNA virus Cauliflower mosaic virus was evaluated. Six to nine weeks after tenofovir treatment of...

Characterization of repetitive DNA in complex genomes of the selected plant species3. 9. 2013

 

Repetitive DNA makes up significant portions of higher plant nuclear genomes. Therefore, investigation of sequence composition, genome organization and evolution of the repetitive...

Adaptation of Trypanosoma brucei to gradual loss of kinetoplast DNA: T. equiperdum and T. evansi are petite mutants of T. brucei20. 10. 2013

Lai D.-H., Hashimi H., Lukeš...

The Surprising Origins of Evolutionary Complexity7. 8. 2013

"Scientists are exploring how organisms can evolve elaborate structures without Darwinian selection - a follow-up on our work on trypanosome RNA editing" By Carl Zimmer

Článek "How a...

A photosynthetic alveolate closely related to apicomplexan parasites20. 10. 2013

 Oborník M., Janouškovec J., Chrudimský T., Vancová M.

Discovery of a tick ferritin 2, a novel iron-transporting protein as a candidate for anti-tick vaccine20. 10. 2013

 Hajdušek O., Sojka D., Kopáček P., Burešová V., Franta Z., Loosová G., Grubhoffer L.

Effect of tick saliva on maturation, migration and function of mouse dendritic cells20. 10. 2013

 Skallová A., Kopecký J.

Two new species of borrelia from North America, Borrelia carolinensis sp. nov. and Borrelia americana sp. nov., and the overlapping of borrelia species in Europe and the United States.20. 10. 2013

Antagonistic and synergistic effects of protistan grazing and viral lysis on production and community composition bacterioplankton3. 9. 2013

Protistan bacterivory and lysis of bacterial cells by specific viruses, bacteriophages, are two most important factors responsible for shaping the dynamics and community composition of...

Diel vertical migrations, distribution and ontogeny of bathypelagic layer of European perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) fry in reservoirs20. 10. 2013

 We have found that in the pelagic zone of reservoirs, European perch (

Application of the PDMPO technique in studying silica deposition in natural populations of Fragilaria crotonensis (Bacillariophyceae) at different depths in a eutrophic reservoir3. 9. 2013

In July – October 2006 at weekly intervals, we measured silica deposition in the summer diatom assemblage at various depths in a eutrophic Římov Reservoir using PDMPO labelling technique. Diatom...

Genetic and ecological differentiation of Daphnia longispina species complex in deep canyon-shaped reservoirs3. 9. 2013

Species complex of Daphnia longispina comprise the most common taxons of Daphnia living in the vast majority of standing waters in the whole Europe. It consists of species D. galeata, D....

History of Aluminium Runoff from Catchment into Plesne Lake20. 10. 2013

 HBI ASCR in co-operation with University of Maine (US) reconstructed the history of...

Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera20. 10. 2013

 The book presents a collection of studies on the Lepidoptera, as specialized insects...

Remodeling of epidermis during larva to adult fly transformation20. 10. 2013

 Movements, fusions and closures of epithelial tissues are important for animal...

Technical reclamations are wasting the conservation potential of postindustrial sites20. 10. 2013

 The view of postindustrial sites is rapidly changing, as many studies confirm their...

Juvenile hormone receptor20. 10. 2013

 Juvenile hormone (JH) is a terpenoid, a small lipophilic molecule of vital importance to...

Larvae of the fly Chymomyza costata survive in liquid nitrogen20. 10. 2013

 The larva of the drosophilid fly, 

Genetic origin of industrial melanism in the peppered moth, Biston betularia20. 10. 2013

 During the Industrial Revolution in 19th-century Britain, melanic forms occurred in a...

Freeze-tolerant larvae of Drosophila melanogaster20. 10. 2013

 Evolutionary adaptations for freeze-tolerance are considered to be highly complex. Among vertebrates, only a...

The Mayflies of Europe (Ephemeroptera)20. 10. 2013

 The last comprehensive world-wide monograph concerning European Ephemeroptera had been...

The development of new methods for long-term maintenance of algal and cyanobacterial cultures17. 6. 2013

 The research was focused on the development and standardization of modern...

First direct measurement of light-absorption on a single light-harvesting system17. 6. 2013

 Chlorosomes are specific light-harvesting complexes of photosynthetic bacteria, made of aggregated...

Histopathology of Protistan and Myxozoan Infections in Fishes17. 6. 2013

Dyková I., Lom J. 

Polyphasic Characterisation and Taxonomic Revision of Planktonic Cyanobacteria Anabaena spp. (Nostocaceae)17. 6. 2013

Morphological diversity of...

Rainforest bugs finally counted17. 6. 2013

 Most of animals on Earth are arthropods (insects, spiders, mites, etc.) and most of arthropod species live in...